Morphological and phylogenetic characterisation of two new soil-borne fungal taxa belonging to Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota)

Zhi-Yuan Zhang; Yao Feng; Shuo-Qiu Tong; Chen-Yu Ding; Gang Tao; Yan-Feng Han

doi:10.3897/mycokeys.98.106240

Morphological and phylogenetic characterisation of two new soil-borne fungal taxa belonging to Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota)

MycoKeys. 2023 Jun 7:98:113-132. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.98.106240. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zhi-Yuan Zhang¹, Yao Feng¹, Shuo-Qiu Tong², Chen-Yu Ding², Gang Tao¹, Yan-Feng Han²

Affiliations

¹ College of Eco-Environmental Engineering, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025, China Guizhou Minzu University Guiyang China.
² School of Chinese Ethnic Medicine, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025, China Guizhou University Guiyang China.

Abstract

The fungal taxa belonging to the Clavicipitaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycota) are widely distributed and include diverse saprophytic, symbiotic and pathogenic species that are associated with soils, insects, plants, fungi and invertebrates. In this study, we identified two new fungal taxa belonging to the family Clavicipitaceae that were isolated from soils collected in China. Morphological characterisation and phylogenetic analyses showed that the two species belong to Pochonia (Pochoniasinensissp. nov.) and a new genus for which we propose Paraneoaraneomycesgen. nov. in Clavicipitaceae.

Keywords: Clavicipitaceae; Pochonia; entomopathogenic fungi; new taxa; phylogeny; taxonomy.

Zhi-Yuan Zhang, Yao Feng, Shuo-Qiu Tong, Chen-Yu Ding, Gang Tao, Yan-Feng Han.

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by grants from the Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects (ZK[2023]155), the Science Research Youth Program in Colleges and Universities (Qiankeji[2022]153), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 32060011, 31860520).